Tourist Attractions by Gautrain
Looking for something fun to do with friends or family this weekend, but not keen on fighting over who has to drive? Or spending half of your day looking for a good and safe parking spot wherever it is you’re going? Why not leave your car at home this time round?
Thanks to the Gauteng Province’s 80-kilometre mass rapid transit railway system, The Gautrain, it’s easy to travel around Pretoria using only public transportation.
The Gautrain provides clean, safe and reliable transportation to almost all of Pretoria’s major tourist attractions.
To travel on the Gautrain, you will need The Gautrain Gold Card. For more information on the Gold Card as well as other things to know regarding using the Gautrain, such as parking, operating hours and costs involved, see our Guide to Using the Gautrain.
There are nine Gautrain stations in operation, two of which are situated in Pretoria. One being Pretoria Station (located adjacent to the existing Pretoria Main Station) and the other, Hatfield Station (located within the Hatfield Business Node east of the Pretoria CBD). The other stations include Centurion, Midrand, Marlboro, Sandton, Rosebank, Rhodesfield and O.R. Tambo International Airport.
Here’s a list of things to-do at and at some of the stations:
Pretoria Station
The Gautrain’s Pretoria Station is located adjacent to the existing Pretoria Station with its historic Herbert Baker Station Building, an important landmark in the City of Tshwane.
The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Melrose House and City Hall is within walking distance from the station.
The Pretoria Station has two dedicated Gautrain bus routes servicing the inner and outer CBD (P3 and P5). Attractions worth visiting walking distance from the station or easy reachable by the Gautrain bus routes includes Church Square, the Kruger House, Paul Kruger Church, Sammy Marks House and The State Theatre.
The National Zoological Garden is accessible via the P5 Bus Route.
Hatfield Station
The Gautrain Hatfield Station is located within the Hatfield Business Node east of the Pretoria CBD.
Hatfield Plaza, Hatfield Square and Springbok Park is all walking distance from the station itself.
Attractions such as Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Girls High School, The University of Pretoria’s Mapungubwe Collection and the Brooklyn Mall can all be reached by taking the H1 bus from the Hatfield Station. The H3 route takes you to the Union Buildings, and the H4 to the Waverly Gardens and Waverly Plaza. The H5 stops next to the Menlyn Park Shopping Centre, and close to the LC de Villiers Sport Grounds.
Centurion Station
Situated at the West Avenue and Gerard Street intersection, the Centurion Station is right across from the Centurion Mall and walking distance from The Centurion Hotel.
The Supersport Centurion Stadium, the Mall@Reds complex and South Down Collage is also easy accessible via the Gautrain bus routes from the station.
Sandton Station
Located deep beneath Rivonia Road with a pedestrian entrance on the corner of Rivonia Road and West Street, and a vehicle parkade entrance on West Street. With a bus leaving every 20 minutes to and from the station, one can easily visit Nelson Mandela Square, the Mushroom Farm Park and Innesfree Park via the S2 Bus Route, the Rivonia Strip via the S3 Route and Benmore Gardens, Montecasino Complex and Bird Gardens via the S5 Route.
Rosebank Station
Opposite The Zone Shopping Centre, the Rosebank Station is ideally situated close to many Johannesburg tourist attractions. Rosebank Mall, Killarney Country Club and Melrose Arch is easy accessible via the Rb1 or Rb2 bus routes.
The Wanders Cricket Stadium can be reached by the Rb3 route, and the Hyde Park Shopping Centre is walking distance from one of the Rb4 route stops. Johannesburg Zoo can be reach with the Rb6.
Park Station
Park Station Park is the most southern Gautrain station situated adjacent to Metrorail’s Johannesburg Park Station. Attractions close to this Station includes the popular Velo Gallery Café, Joubert Park and the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
From Park Station you are able to take the Hop-on, Hop-off City Sightseeing Johannesburg Red Bus. This popular tourist bus features 12 bus stops around Johannesburg on a circular route including Gold Reef City and the Apartheid Museum. This route can also be extended with the Soweto Tour.
There is no bus services operating from the Marlboro or the OR Tambo Stations.
Gautrain is in the process of redesigning and reprinting their very popular tourism map.
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